Knife sharpening has been way over complicated in this day and age. Maintaining your knives’ edge is extremely important if you use it a lot. A dull knife can actually be dangerous to use. With a dull edge you tend to push harder when carving or cutting, which could cause your hand to slip and […]
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Vanquest Skitch 12 Messenger Bag | First Look
Finding the right bag to carry all of  your essentials in addition to CCW gear can be a daunting task. Fortunately, Vanquest has been doing just that with great success. I previously reviewed the Möbius 2.0 VPacker from Vanquest and have used it quite often. The Skitch 12 is more of a traditional messenger bag. […]
Announcing the Top 25 Best Selling Blades of 2017
KnifeNews is pleased to announce that starting tomorrow we’ll be counting down the Top 25 Best Selling Blades of 2017. In 2015, we published the Top 25 Knife Brands and last year the Top 25 Indispensable Pocket Knives. Given the popularity of the daily countdowns, we wanted to keep the annual July/August tradition rolling. But this time, rather […]
First Look | Kershaw Launch 7
Once I started writing for The Loadout Room over 2 years ago, I quickly realized how big a part of our culture EDC knives are. My first product review just happened to be a ZT 0350 knife and since then I’ve covered many additional folding knives as well a fixed blades. New for 2017 is a product from Kershaw […]
Peter Rassenti Carves Out Open Back Integral
Peter Rassenti is introducing the Satori, a custom knife with an open-backed integral handle. The new knife has a prehistoric, geological finish that can only be done by hand. A standard knife handle consists of two separate slabs, but integral knives are made from a single, continuous piece of material, usually titanium. Lionsteel pioneered this process in […]
Kingdom Armory Rook Optimizes Opening Hole for Spydie Flick
Kingdom Armory has just released the Rook, a knife that repositions Spyderco’s trademarked Round Hole to offer a new benefit. David Rydbom, founder of Kingdom Armory optimized the Rook’s Round Hole placement on the blade to make middle finger flicking (also known as Spydie Flicking) easier and more intuitive. Following a strong response on social media, […]
Southern Grind Custom Bad Monkey | A serious utility sized knife
Be forewarned this knife is not an EDC blade, but a serious tool to have in your gear. The Southern Grind Custom was built with a drop point black PVD blade and a custom Jade Ghost Green Handle. These knives are made by Zac Brown (Yep, that’s Zac Brown; the Country singer) and are made in […]
Colorado Governor Signs Switchblade Ban Repeal
Knife Rights helped to bring about another victory yesterday as Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill repealing Colorado’s total switchblade and gravity knife ban. Bill 17-008, which is projected to go into effect later this year, removes all bans on automatic and gravity knives, including ownership, carry, and manufacturing in Colorado. “Colorado had a total […]
County Comm GPT-2 automatic watch
Watches these days are becoming more and more scarce due to the fact that the average person utilizes a smart phone over a good old-fashioned watch. Don’t get me wrong, smartphones have their advantages in some cases, but when you take them for granted, they can often fail when we need them the most. In […]
Introducing the Boker Plus Lancer!
Boker Plus Lancer As a designer, Knife Maker Serge Panchenko earned his popularity through the Dog Tag Knives from Spyderco. The Boker Plus Lancer clearly shows his handwriting, it is more a lightweight than a full size pocket knife. Nevertheless, the compact and, above all, very flat design offers an extremely high carrying comfort, and […]
